Electric stoves come in two forms though: ceramic, where you have an old-fashioned spiral which heats up the plate your pan sits on and plainly sucks imho. Or induction which heats your pan directly though an electromagnetic field. The latter is more efficient and modern cast iron pans work perfectly fine on them, no need for an enamel coating
Last few years I alternated between induction and gas due to moving around, induction is a clear winner for me.
You forgot IR, which was the ‘cool’ electric stoves during the 80s through late 00s when induction came about and took it’s spot.
Edit: and also Coil stoves (which what I thought you meant with Ceramic, but that’s the slightly more upmarket version) which are the absolute worst and the standard ‘landlord special’ in Australia.
We call old-fashioned stoves with a resistive spiral a ceramic plate here, while induction stoves are never referred to as a ceramic plate. Might not be technically correct, but that’s language for you I guess.
Electric stoves come in two forms though: ceramic, where you have an old-fashioned spiral which heats up the plate your pan sits on and plainly sucks imho. Or induction which heats your pan directly though an electromagnetic field. The latter is more efficient and modern cast iron pans work perfectly fine on them, no need for an enamel coating
Last few years I alternated between induction and gas due to moving around, induction is a clear winner for me.
You forgot IR, which was the ‘cool’ electric stoves during the 80s through late 00s when induction came about and took it’s spot.
Edit: and also Coil stoves (which what I thought you meant with Ceramic, but that’s the slightly more upmarket version) which are the absolute worst and the standard ‘landlord special’ in Australia.
Ah, TIL that the electric family was even larger than that. Thanks for the addition.
Uh most induction ones are also ceramic though, and not all old-fashioned ones are.
I think you mean resistive vs induction, not ceramic vs induction
We call old-fashioned stoves with a resistive spiral a ceramic plate here, while induction stoves are never referred to as a ceramic plate. Might not be technically correct, but that’s language for you I guess.
Ah yeah, apparently in English ceramic stovetops are only called ceramic when there’s a resistive spiral lol, didn’t know.
It’s funny because the ceramic refers to the glass, which is quite literally the same for induction.
In my case Dutch, never realised it might differ across languages. Although in hindsight it makes sense, like you said: it’s all ceramic.